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The Strange Birth of the Jesus Machine

The Box of Oddities by John Elliott and Kat Walls

Jul 22, 202627:52Comedy

When Benjamin Franklin's Ghost Designed a Machine and the strange story of The Underwater Orchestra. What happens when people become convinced they can build a messiah out of magnets, copper, and electricity? In this epi...

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The Strange Birth of the Jesus Machine is an episode from The Box of Oddities by John Elliott and Kat Walls. When Benjamin Franklin's Ghost Designed a Machine and the strange story of The Underwater Orchestra. What happens when people becom...

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Published Jul 22, 2026, 27:52 long, audio available.

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